Tag Archives: ceramics

Hands Together

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Back between a salon and an accountant’s office, a pair of plain garage doors off Edwards Street hides a creative wonderland: Wet Clay Works, a coworking ceramics studio where, in the back left corner, Ericka Saracho and Gabriela Margarita …

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Near and Wide

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Two days before the launch of this year’s City-Wide Open Studios festival, the Orange Street headquarters of organizer Artspace was awhirl with color and activity. …

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Watched Pots

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Before the telling of names, dates and other facts, before the presentation of insights and analyses, before the giving of credit where credit is due, curators of art exhibits should strive to do what …

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Vase to Vase

Made in China at Yale Center for British Art

Every now and then, the Yale Center for British Art artfully challenges your ideas about what’s artful. …

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Wheel of Fortune

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Sitting on a bench in her local home studio, ceramicist Kiara Matos explains the allure of clay. “I feel almost like it picked me,” she says. “I can’t stay away from it. I can’t stop making things.”

Her mother felt …

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Two Wheelers

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A storefront tucked away on Howe Street has long been a source of curiosity for passersby. The door is almost always locked; the lights are almost always out. But when you peer into the windows, you can see rows of …

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Lost in Space

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A photo essay.

In a fitting end to an extended term, this year’s City-Wide Open Studios held its fourth and final weekend—there are usually three—in an extended space: Erector Square. …

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Public Access

Cut paper by Marcela Staudenmaier.

A photo essay.

Private art spaces weren’t so private during Private Studios Weekend, when nearly 40 artists at 17 locations left their doors unlocked and said…

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Work, and Play

Installation work by Jesse Peck

A photo essay.

The “Game On!” theme of this year’s City-Wide Open Studios has meant lots of games to play, especially last weekend at the expansive Goffe Street Armory. …

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